I got 3 hours of grueling work in, actually 3-1/2.  It was all trying to dig out by hand using a pick-axe the trench for the pipe.  I now understand that the driveway may not look that great on top, but it's solid SB2 underneath the dirt layer.  It was hard work, fighting against large, lodged gravel pieces trying to get them out.  It was also fun that there was a giant pool of water I was working in.  Yup, I got covered in watery mud.  

Another day of my legs feeling like lead weights by the time I was done with as far as I could go with it.  The trench is some 35 feet long, I had not choice but to dig it much longer than expected so I could end the pipe down lower than the level of the driveway. It means I need 2 more sticks of pipe - a thing I am not doing today.  I'll get them tomorrow and try to wrap that up.  Well, at least the portion I am doing.  There is another pool next to it which needs a trench dug on the fence line side to bring the water to the drainage pipe.  I'm going to fill in those caverns with dirt and then it can have a layer of gravel dumped on it.  So another day of work on that project, really, because I'm going to have to shovel dirt onto my trailer from the pile in the back, bring it up there and shovel it off. 

Oh what a fun thing that will be to do!

I haven't even gone to Lowe's yet. What with a sleepless night and getting up late, my focus was getting something done at the park versus pricing things. There are rain days coming, I can go to stores on those days when I can't do anything outside.  The driveway has to be dealt with first anyway, at least on my plan.  Fix the driveway, hand dig out behind lot 14 pedestal, rent the trackhoe and have the gravel brought same day to be able to spread it.  I don't want to spread it by hand, thanks.  1 truckload should deal with that entire area.  I really need about 6 or 7 truckloads in there, not in the coffers at the moment.  

I want to buy all the pipe and line for the trench before I do the trench work.  I also want the breaker box on the shed installed.  That and other projects? I have plenty to keep me busy.  My time is running out, I can say that.  I've been getting my mind into trucking mode even if it's still weeks before I attempt to get back into it.  I just want my laundry room to be finished before I start trucking again, if at all possible.  Once I get that done, I'm going to take a new approach to all of this.  I'll jack my prices up $5 per night for short stays.  I'll raise the price of monthly stays after I get 4 long term in there.  The weekly rate, I dunno.

And now, I'm going to change the wording to my website.  We are conveniently located- however far, I need to do an odometer run from the middle of the bridge over I-20 to the park, I'm thinking around 3 miles  - 3 miles from I-20 and X miles from Highway 59 off of Highway 43.  We intentionally built the park far enough away from the freeway to cut out highway noise, I-20 is a heavily used highway corridor and generates a lot of noise all day long.  I'm going to have to drive over to that new park near the state line.  They are claiming they are full all the time. 

The first long term tenants said some dually pickups have driven through looking at the park. That's unfortunate, I haven't received any phone calls.  Most people say when they see the park, they are in love with it.  It's definitely no the prices stopping people, so what is it? Well, you run down the entire list of things in your mind, but it's the lack of amenities that I believe is the problem.  I will find out in a couple of weeks or 3 or however long this project takes me - hopefully not too long if I stick with it - and am able to list laundry. And further down the line, a shower/bathroom. I think to start it's going to be a no frills bathroom with a shower stall. A nice shower stall, but a performed one. And something easy to put down for flooring. 

I've never installed plumbing for a toilet, but I'm going to find out how! lol

Enough. I got home, took a shower, finished laundry including folding everything, put the muddy clothes in the washer and now to go get the boys from the bus stop. 

 Ugh.  I couldn't sleep last night.  It was almost 1:00 am before I finally got to sleep and then woke up again 3 hours later.  I'm messed up today.  Even taking a hot shower didn't help.  It's already almost 10:00 am and I haven't done anything more than take a shower and drink a bit of coffee. And sit here feeling like ... well not so good. 

It doesn't mean I'm not going to get out there and get stuff done, but it does mean I'm taking my time about it.  I don't have eternity to get this stuff done....I don't really know what I'm going to do but the driveway is in bad shape where the pools of water are.  It's getting worse by each rainfall.  

I'm going to go to Lowe's and see what they have for wire pricing, but I doubt they're going to beat an actual wire company that I found online.  They're around $250 for the wire, I think Lowe's is more than double that.  I don't suspect it would take long for them to ship the wire and I will take extreme savings over convenience.  I'm still waiting on my business debit card as it stands.  I'd rather charge it to the business account than my personal account, I have sufficient funds in there to deal with monthly bills and at least buy that much. 

Yes, I want to get this stuff done, but it's gonna be a minute before I'm even to the point I need the wire.  Fix the driveway, dig the trench, install the sewer and water line first, the wiring will be put in there last.  The load of gravel will be brought out the same day I have the machine.  The shed will need the breaker box installed on it before I really have to have the wire as well. In fact, I probably should just get the breaker box and get it mounted up there before doing much of anything else. That way, I have an exact measurement of how much wire I need. The stuff is too expensive to "just buy more than I need".  Sure, you buy an extra foot on each end to work with it and have play room, but not any thing more than that.

I'll also have to go get the water line and sewer from - somewhere - I have another place in town I want to contact about pipe pricing before buying it from Lowe's.  I suspect this other place will have better prices.  They did when I was buying the pipe for the drainage culverts.  

As you can see, this isn't a one day job.  It will take weeks and you can drag that out even further because there is 5 days of rain forecast coming in  few days.  I may as well just see if the wiring company also sells breaker boxes, I do not work in the rain.

There is so much to do, last night's sleeplessness isn't helpful. I also need to go over to the other property and get some of those railroad ties.  Lowe's selling them for $28 a piece, I'll take them for free even if it's an ordeal getting them out of there - which it will be.  I can't drive the truck and trailer over the railroad tracks, there is no place to park it on the other side. It will mean dragging those ties probably 200 feet.  I don't know how much they weight, but I will be getting a workout on that one.  I have half a mind to drive over there today as well and see what I'm getting myself into, I haven't been to that property in at least a year.  The 25 acre property became the new place to go, much better than that place.

I have too much stuff swirling around in my mind, probably why I didn't get to sleep last night.  After making the decision to just go for it and start the process of finishing out that shed, it opened up a slew of thought processes that needed to be gone through in order to understand everything I need to do. I tend to try to think things through to the end.  Sometimes that's impossible, but most of the time, it is prudent because there are lots of times that when you don't do something at first that you initially thought can wait, you find you are adding headaches and problems to whatever it is you're trying to do.

The breaker box is an example. "I can just lay the line and get that after".  No, not really, if I want to keep precise measurements for wire, I need to know exactly where the breaker box is going to be located.  One thing is for certain, with a window unit ac, a vending machine, a washer, dryer, water heater?  It going to need a high capacity breaker box.  Ok, it just means I need numerous 220 volt outlets available.  Tho, I think a soda vending machine is just a regular outlet and so is a washing machine.  But you know an electric dryer is 220 and so is electric water heaters.  

Oh, and the water heater is going to need a special water heater shed. I'm not installing that thing inside, it will take up too much room. I'm hoping to put everything in there and  a desk with chair to basically have an all-in-one building to start with.  The only goal for now is to get laundry in there. Then a shower.  I may just go with a larger, pre-formed stall instead of having one custom made.  Seems like if I can get a nice one that has room in it, that's going to cost a lot less than a person coming out laying florentine style tile. I"ll get to that when I .. get to that. 

One shower, room for 4 laundry machines, a soda vending machine and a desk.  I think I can get all of that in a 12X16 structure.  It's not going to be the prettiest setup in the world, but it will have functionality.  Pretty can come later, the ability to advertise I have this stuff needs to come now.  

I'm just sitting here trying to wake up. I'll get stuff done if I can just get my head right this morning and get out there.  I can sit here and write endlessly now that I have a new plan. I should have just done this months ago - I just hate debt and it's a hurdle that I have to get over with great internal conflict.  

Speaking of money, there is a local job that looked great! Only8 hours a day, 5 days a week.  That would be wonderful! Until they contacted me back and said "$18 per hour".  In my little world, and having had spent the amount of time I have driving trucks - AND -knowing what the going rates are? That's like poverty wages.  I would have to be very desperate to take a job paying that low of wages.  I think I'd go OTR before doing that, honestly.  At least it's 100k per year.  I replied to them I wouldn't even consider a driving job under $25 (and that is going cheap as it stands).  These companies trying to undercut drivers in pay are probably having a hard time filling those positions. There are too many high paying jobs out there. I'm not seriously looking - I have all of this stuff to do first.  I'm starting to run out of time, yes, but it needs to get done.  Hence, regardless of how I feel this morning, I'm outta here.